Why live TV and sports in 4K will not work over the internet | News | TechRadar

Netflix has described 4K as “the format for the Internet” and with precious few other outlets for Ultra HD it’s pretty easy to agree.Slowly but surely, the SVoD giant is adding UHD content to its line-up, most recently a couple of movies and box-set poster boy Breaking Bad. However, the BBC’s recent live Ultra HD trials during the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games have highlighted an inconvenient truth: live sports coverage is a bandwidthosaurus.